\section{Specifying the Configuration File}
\index[general]{Specifying the Configuration File}
-Starting with version 1.27, each of the following programs requires a valid
+Each of the following programs requires a valid
Storage daemon configuration file (actually, the only part of the
configuration file that these programs need is the {\bf Device} resource
definitions). This permits the programs to find the configuration parameters
\index[general]{Catalog!Using bscan to Compare a Volume to an existing}
\index[general]{Using bscan to Compare a Volume to an existing Catalog}
-If you wish to compare the contents of a Volume to an existing catalog without
-changing the catalog, you can safely do so if and only if you do {\bf not}
-specify either the {\bf -m} or the {\bf -s} options. However, at this time
-(Bacula version 1.26), the comparison routines are not as good or as thorough
-as they should be, so we don't particularly recommend this mode other than for
-testing.
+If you wish to compare the contents of a Volume to an existing catalog
+without changing the catalog, you can safely do so if and only if you do
+{\bf not} specify either the {\bf -m} or the {\bf -s} options in order to
+avoid modifying the catalog. However, not every record that is stored in
+the catalog is stored on the volumes, so we don't particularly
+recommend using {\bf bscan} other than for testing. Probably the best
+way to compare what is on a Volume to what is in the Catalog is to use
+one of the Verify Job options.
\subsection{Using bscan to Recreate a Catalog from a Volume}
\index[general]{Volume!Using bscan to Recreate a Catalog from a Volume}